Zagreb – Krško I’m leaving Zagreb, leaving Croatia. Not the brightest day of the year, but it is time. It’s been a few turbulent weeks, …
Inspiration
Bouldering in Prilep, North Macedonia
The flow took me to Prilep, a town in South Macedonia. Prilep is known for its tobacco and beer and for the boulders. Although I …
From Amsterdam to Sarajevo ON FOOT
The 24th of March I left Amsterdam to hike for a while. “Walking back to the Balkans”. Why? Because I can, because I like hiking. …
Hiking Via Dinarica, crossing the Balkans on foot
Last summer I walked a new long distance trail through the Balkans, the Via Dinarica White Trail. A route that finds its way along countless …
The aesthetics of travelling
I met Mårten at Trnovačko jezero in Montenegro. We were both travelling alone, hiking. After a coffee and a chat, we decided to cross the …
I Move with the Earth
Maggie is a girl I met in Sarajevo during the Via Dinarica Networking Conference. On her blog Backroad Balkans she writes about her eclectic adventures in …
An inspired trail through the Dinaric Alps
To this day the Balkans and especially Bosnia and Herzegovina is unknown territory for many outdoor people. It remains a blind spot within Europe and …
FiveFingers and sandals
A couple of years ago, I started taking feet photos. I stole this idea of a couple of friends who jokingly took photos of their …
From marathon to burn-out
After having fiddled around on bare feet and borrowed FiveFingers, I thought it was time to participate in a ‘small run’. With the 100 days …
Bare feet
Two years ago, Ruth Langemeijer‘s birthday present to me was four lessons of ‘natural&barefoot running’. Running naturally, with minimalistic shoes on, FiveFingers or even on …
Biking from Amsterdam to the Balkans
I had two months off, two months to bike. What shall I do? Where shall I go? One thing I knew for sure, I wouldn’t …
Alpine Adventures
Summer 2014, I decided to give climbing another chance. Don’t get me wrong, I looooove climbing and I looooove mountains and I even looooove climbing …
Hiking the Pyrenees
Summer 2013, hiking the Pyrenees from East to West. My brain had been working literally all the time and my body was getting fed up …
Biking to the Black Sea and Back Home
I was dreaming of an adventure. A big adventure. A biking adventure. A bike across Europe to the Black Sea biking adventure. The months before …
Biking the Green Route to the Mediterranean Sea
Staying in the mountains means getting the best out of life and being there always puts a grin on my face. The mountains make me …